Black Bear Fulfillment, 3PLBlack Bear Fulfillment: Scaling Capacity Without Scaling Complexity
How automated sortation helps a third-party logistics provider increase throughput, improve labour productivity and absorb peak ecommerce demand without operating costs growing at the same rate.
The challenge
More customers. More orders. More complexity. Third-party logistics providers sit at the centre of modern ecommerce, and their customers expect fast fulfilment, accurate orders, same-day or next-day dispatch, flexible capacity, competitive costs and reliable performance through peak. The fundamental problem is that order volume can grow faster than warehouse capacity.
Automation that removes a constraint on growth
Automation is most valuable when it removes a constraint on growth. For a 3PL, that constraint is usually the manual sorting of picked items back into orders, across many customers at once.
OPEX Sure Sort automates that consolidation step. Batch picking combined with automated sorting creates a more scalable workflow, supports multi-customer orders and peak-volume growth, and reduces the labour each order needs.
The results
- More scalable multi-customer order consolidation
- Higher daily output through peak periods
- Lower labour requirement per order
In their words
“The experience working with SAS has been excellent. We’ve been really well looked after from first visit all the way through to final delivery and commissioning. I couldn’t be happier.”
Mack BlunsomOwner, Black Bear FulfillmentSolutions in this project
Equipment in this project
OPEX
Sure Sort
Robotic sortation that sorts small items into the right order or destination.
Up to 2,400 items / hr
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